Regardless of popping out 24 years in the past (gulp) and having a really combined reception, if Rotten Tomatoes is something to go by, How The Grinch Stole Christmas continues to be a mainstay in lots of households all through the festive season and ‘Grinch’ impressed merchandise may even be present in outlets like Primark this festive season.
There have lately been rumours that Jim Carrey could be reprising his position as The Grinch however a spokesperson rapidly confirmed that there’s “no reality” to tales of him returning to play Dr Seuss’s well-known character.
Gutted as we’re that we gained’t get to relive seeing Jim play such an iconic position, a TikTok video revealing trivia in regards to the movie doubtless explains why he’s not intending on revisiting the story.
How taking part in The Grinch impacted Jim Carrey’s psychological well being
In keeping with the TikTok account @filmupdatetime, Jim Carrey described his prosthetic make-up for The Grinch as akin to “being buried alive”.
Most days, the make-up would take round 3.5 hours to finish the transformation however on the primary day of software, it took virtually 9 hours to finish.
Maybe unsurprisingly, this course of made Jim Carrey need to give up the movie completely however to maintain him engaged with the venture, producer Brian Grazer employed a CIA knowledgeable to coach and advise the actor on find out how to endure torture. Yikes.
One commenter stated, “he ought to have gained an Oscar for this position” and with all of this thought-about, we will solely agree.
Jim Carrey later spoke about this expertise on The Graham Norton Present. He stated he was advised to “eat every part you say, for those who’re freaking out and also you begin to spiral downward, flip the tv on, change the sample, have somebody you understand come and smack you on the pinnacle.”
He added that he was additionally inspired to “smoke as a lot as you probably can” and stated that he may very well be discovered smoking in full costume with a cigarette holder to forestall the costume occurring fireplace.
This gruelling make-up course of was undertaken by Jim Carrey 100 instances, in keeping with the actor. Yikes.
He stated the factor that basically obtained him by way of this was, uh, the Bee Gees. We’ll by no means see the movie in the identical means once more.